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How 99Designs.com came to be

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Organically, graphic design competitions were happening with no money involved. Soon people from like coffeeshops and non-tech businesses were finding their way to his SitePoint site to post design contests. The design contests were buried in the forums so Mickiewicz knows that he was onto something.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

Business Model Affects Metrics and Exit Criteria Web-based Business Model Exit Criteria In a web-business model you’re looking for traffic, users, conversion, virality, etc – not revenue. Back in 1999, it all ended very bad. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer. Blog at WordPress.com.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

We were post product and had viral growth, albeit at very small scale and still had to evangelize the concept of a vital coefficient w/ most investors. This is my 2nd time trying this, first time was in 1999. Is it a case of just design it, code it, build it, deploy it, trademark it, copywright it and then go for funding? .

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The Crazy Marketing Campaigns That Actually Worked

YoungUpstarts

The stunt went viral, with the app receiving plenty of publicity. In 1999, eCommerce company, Half.com , turned a $100,000 investment into a $300,000,000 sale. Clamping hundreds of cars in the downtown area of Austin with fake cardboard clamps – ParkMe were subjecting potential customers to a rollercoaster of emotions.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

The viral nature of social media no doubt aided this growth, as did improvements in the online shopping experience. Apple became the most valuable company in the world (measured by market capitalization) in August by offering simple, attractive design that made technology invisible to the user.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

They learn design skills alongside sewing and patternmaking, so that there is less reliance on mass manufactured clothing retailers, and they get to wear fashionable, unique handmade garments. . #8 We built some early ecommerce sites around 1999 and back office order processing systems using visual basic for applications (VBA).

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How to Run Effective Online Sweepstakes Campaigns

ConversionXL

Viral aspect of the campaign: The more sharing, the more points, and the greater the chances of winning in both the weekly and main prize (luxury all-inclusive weekend in Vihula Manor) draws. IDEON is a contract furniture company specializing in high-quality, stylish lounge seating and tables for design-minded businesses. Image credit.